Visiting Handmade Burger Company for Date Night.

24 February 2017

Date Night for us is 99% of the time, food related. To be fair our relationship probably works so well because we both have such a huge love for food. So getting the chance to visit a burger restaurant on our one 'us time' night of the week, was probably Sean's dream. He is a massive fan of burgers I would quite happily say he's abit of a connoisseur, most restaurant we visit he will normally order a burger. Whereas I'm really not fussed on burgers, now your going to question why I visited a burger restaurant aren't you?

The main reason I like to visit Handmade Burger Co is because for people like me who love meat and chips, but not so keen on stodgy bread buns, HBC offer you the option of going bunless and instead you can get a side salad or a side of coleslaw. For me this is a winner, because I love coleslaw!

So now you know why the photo above is bunless, it's not because the chef missed it off.

We both thoroughly enjoyed our meal at Handmade Burger Company, the service was faultless! From the moment we arrived at the restaurant the girls who were waiting on were extremely pleasant and made sure we had everything we needed. They also made the effort to hold a conversation with us which you don't see much in restaurants anymore. If you've not visited a HBC restaurant before I'll explain that in the other restaurants you go to the till and pay for and order you food and drinks, this for me always leads to poor customer service I don't feel like you get that bit of banter when your just ordering at the till. HBC in Newcastle Greys Quarter has revamped the system and now has waitress service, and I think it's made a massive difference.

The photos of the food above probably show you how good it was, it tasted just as good as it looks. But I thought I would share with you what we had.

We both started off with a chocolate milkshake, as you do. Thick, creamy and loaded with chocolate, would you want it any other way?

For mains I had the Buffalo Chicken Burger, bunless, with sweet potato fries and coleslaw. There's nothing better than being served up proper meat, a thick juicy chicken breast stuffed with cheese and coated in thick BBQ sauce. Sweet potatoes fries are always my must have side, and these don't let the side down.

Sean went for the Peanut butter and bacon beef burger, I was shocked to see how much meat he was served. As you can see from the photo above the burgers were so thick, he said the toppings were delicious and he's already asking when we can go back for another. He finished his burger off with the Denver chips, a portion of chips layered with pulled pick, cheese and BBQ sauce, I pinched a couple and they were top notch. Probably a meal in itself though.

We already know we'll be heading back to Handmade Burger Company pretty soon. Have you been in yet?